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==== Use of a related pair of names for prime-limit and subgroup temperaments ====
==== Use of a related pair of names for prime-limit and subgroup temperaments ====
It is often useful to investigate the implied full-prime-limit temperament as well as the subgroup temperaments for a comma, especially in the higher limits where there is a shift of interest towards the subgroups. The following practice was established around 2022–2023 when many higher-limit commas were getting named: if a comma is named the "''X''-isma", then the temperament which tempers out the ''X''-isma in the minimal [[prime subgroup]] containing that comma should be named "''X''-ic" and the temperament which tempers out the ''X''-isma in the minimal [[prime limit]] containing that comma should be named "''X-''ismic". However, that was not the only pattern in use. Below are tabulated all the widely observed and established patterns, known as ''declensions''.  
It is often useful to investigate the implied full-prime-limit temperament as well as the subgroup temperaments for a comma, especially in the higher limits where there is a shift of interest towards the subgroups. The following practice was established around 2022–2023 when many higher-limit commas were getting named: if a comma's name ends in ''-isma'', then the temperament which tempers out this comma in the minimal [[prime subgroup]] containing that comma should end in ''-ic'' and the temperament which tempers out the this comma in the minimal [[prime limit]] containing that comma should end in ''-ismic''. However, that was not the only pattern in use. Below are tabulated all the widely observed and established patterns, known as ''declensions''.  


{| class="wikitable center-all" style="margin: auto;"
{| class="wikitable center-all" style="margin: auto;"
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| 2 || -ia || -ic || -ian || -ic comma
| 2 || -ia || -ic || -ian || -ic comma
|-
|-
| 3 || -on || -onic || -y || -y comma
| 3 || -ton || -tonic || -ty || -ty comma
|}
|}


A comma page should ideally always include a mention of both the minimal-prime-subgroup and full-prime-limit temperaments. The temperaments and obvious and/or strong extensions may be discussed either there or on linked-to dedicated pages.  
A comma page should ideally always include a mention of both the minimal-prime-subgroup and full-prime-limit temperaments. The temperaments and obvious and/or strong extensions may be discussed either there or on linked-to dedicated pages.


=== Contemporary rules ===
=== Contemporary rules ===